Wire fence



(No Model.)

L. W. LINDLEY.

WIRE FENCE. No. 246,797'. Patented Sept. 6,1881.

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LAFAYETTE WV. LINDLEY, OF BOYLE COUNTY, KENTUCKY.

WIRE FENCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,797, dated September 6, 1881.

Application tiled October 29, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known thatLLAEAYETTE W. LINDLEY, a citizen ot' the United States, residing in the county of Boyle and State ot' Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Barb-Wire Fences, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its objects to compensate t'or the expansion and contraction in wire fences, and to provide i'or securely stretching au d fastenin g the wires thereof. These objects I attain by the devices illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Whichn Figure l represents a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a transverse vertical section, of my fence.

The letter A indicates the fence-posts, which are set inthe ground, as usual.

B indicates a triangular brace7 secured to each fence-post, having its horizontal portion at one end resting upon a suitable support, C, laid upon the ground. At proper intervals between the posts are located vertical props D, which are secured to transverse beams E, fastened by staples F secured to the stakes G driven in the ground.

The letter H indicates a series of vertical wires located between the posts and props and secured to the horizontal fence-Wires I. The

said wires I are secured to the posts and the props by suitable staples, K, in the usual man- 3o ner. The vertical wires are secured at their lower ends to stakes L driven in the ground.

It will be seen that as constructed the posts form asubstantial supportfor the barbed Wires, while the props and vertical wires serve to sup- 35 port and connect the barbed wires at intermediate points, While at the same time they will allor said barbed wires to contract and expand readily under changes ot temperature.

Having thus described my invention, what 4o I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

'Ihe combination, in a-Wire fence, of the supporting-posts, constructed of Wood or metal, an d their braces and rests, the intermediate props 45 and their transverse beams stapled to stakes driven inthe ground, and the vertical wires secured to 4similar stakes, and the horizontal wires secured to the posts, props, and vertical wires, substantially as and for the purposes 5o specified.

LAFAYETTE W. LIN DLEY.

Witnesses:

H. K. FoRBIs, GEO. S. BROWN. 

